Walworth County, Wisconsin


Founding: 1839 (declared in 1836)
Parent county: Milwaukee
Namesake: Reuben Walworth, New York politician
Seat: Elkhorn (1839–)
Land area: 555 square miles
Population (2020): 106,478
Population (historic): 2,611 (1840); 26,496 (1860); 26,249 (1880); 29,259 (1900); 31,058 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1910; 1920–2020
Subdivisions: Four cities; eight villages; eight CDPs; 16 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,468 (17.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.4%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,037
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,720
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,779
Average farm size (1920): 86.1 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ireland, Germany, England, Illinois, Vermont, and Norway
_________________________________________________________________________________
 
Elkhorn
 
Namesake: Elkhorn Prairie
Founding: 1837 (post office); 1838 (platting); 1856 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 10,247
Population (historic): 1,081 (1860); 1,122 (1880); 1,731 (1900); 2,340 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1838–1870; 1880–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 802 (19.2%)
_________________________________________________________________________________

View and filter the data. Or see a map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

  1. William Allen Farm (c. 1890). 1387 County Road B. Bloomfield. Eastlake.
  2. William Babcock Farm (c. 1870). 3725 Lawson School Road. Darien. Italianate.
  3. John Weld House (c. 1860). 8823 Nelson Road. LaGrange. Gothic Revival.
  4. Nikolaus Meyerhofer House (c. 1850). 6700 East Townline Road. Lyons.
  5. Ayers House (c. 1880). 6746 County Road DD. Spring Prairie. Italianate.
  6. William Wilson Farm (1888). 344 County Road JS. Spring Prairie. Queen Anne.
  7. Horace Loomis Farm (1851). 7297 State Route 120. Spring Prairie. Greek Revival.
  8. James Babcock Farm (c. 1855). 3456 Little Prairie Road. Troy. Greek Revival.
  9. Robert Rodman Farm (c. 1870). 6805 Beloit Road. Walworth. Italianate.
  10. Anson Warner Farm (1857). 9334 Warner Road. Whitewater. Italianate.
_________________________________________________________________________________








Comments

Post a Comment